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South Africa: 8 killed in building collapse

By Christopher Torchia
Published August 18, 2014 7:20pm ET
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South Africa: 8 killed in building collapse
Emergency service workers, on right, attempt to remove bodies of people who were killed when a structure collapsed on a housing building site, south of Johannesburg, Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. A building under renovation on the site collapsed killing eight, officials said. Another two people were missing. (AP Photo) | AP

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A building under renovation in an area southeast of Johannesburg collapsed on Monday, killing eight people, officials said.

Another two people were missing in the accident at a housing estate in Alberton, said Luyanda Majija, a spokeswoman for emergency responders at the scene.

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